And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, June 25, 2017
British officials examining a belly-landed BF-109 E-7 “Emil”, Berkshire, September 1940, colorized.
Note the prop blades bent backward. This indicates the engine was slightly turning but producing no power. If engine had been producing power the prop blades would have been bent forward.
Not exactly officials. Just a bunch of airmen having a gander.
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ReplyDeleteNote the prop blades bent backward. This indicates the engine was slightly turning but producing no power.
ReplyDeleteIf engine had been producing power the prop blades would have been bent forward.
Hope the fasten seatbelt light was on
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